US EditionHalf This Country Is Desperate to Live in Australia
AUSTRALIA, JUL 21 – The visa ballot drew 5,157 applicants, about half of Tuvalu’s population, as part of a pact addressing climate threats including predicted 95% land loss by 2100, officials said.
- Friday saw the closure of the Falepili Mobility Pathway ballot in Tuvalu, with 5,157 applicants, more than half of its 10,643 population.
- On August 28, 2024, the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union established a climate and security pact, including visa pathways for 280 citizens annually.
- The ballot’s selection window, set from July 25, 2025 to January 25, 2026, allows successful applicants to live, work and study anywhere in Australia indefinitely and sponsor relatives or apply for citizenship.
- Pacific Island Affairs Minister Pat Conroy called the opening a `landmark moment` and said `It is a world's first approach to a relationship between two countries`.
- Projections indicate exposure will jump from three to 65 countries by 2040, highlighting criticism of Australia's ongoing fossil fuel investments.
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Tuvalu could be the first country in the world to become uninhabitable due to climate change. Australia has offered to accommodate the population of the archipelago - half has already applied.
·Berlin, Germany
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About 10,000 people live in Tuvalu. However, the island state in the South Pacific is threatened by rising sea levels. Half of the population has already applied for a climate visa - in Australia.
·Hamburg, Germany
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der Standard DEThe archipelago in the South Seas is just above the water. Due to the rising sea level, the two countries have concluded a bilateral agreement
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